NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS INCLUDED
IN NORTON ANTHOLOGIES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
BY YEAR


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Names are listed from left to right in the order they appear (generally chronologically)
For The American Tradition in Literature, where available, I have linked to online TOCs for each of the volumes. The TOCs for the Norton I have from the publisher, although I do not have permission to reproduce them here. For further details, please feel free to contact me.



1956 - The American Tradition in Literature 1st Edition, Volumes One and Two
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, editors)

5 Negro Songs


1962 - The American Tradition in Literature 2nd Edition, Volumes One and Two
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, editors)

5 Negro Songs


1967 - The American Tradition in Literature 3rd Edition, Volumes One and Two [1]
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, editors)

LeRoi Jones


1974 - The American Tradition in Literature 4th Edition -- Grosset and Dunlap (Random House), distributed by Norton, Volumes One and Two [10]
(Sculley Bradley, Richard Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long, George Perkins, editors)

Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Charles Chestnutt
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Amiri Baraka




1979 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, First Edition [14]
(Ronald Gotteman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, editors)

Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Malcolm X
Gwendolyn Brooks
Amiri Baraka


1985 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Second Edition [15]
(Nina Baym, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, David Kalstone, editors)

Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jean Toomer
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Gwendolyn Brooks
Amiri Baraka
Audre Lorde


1989 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Third Edition [20]
(Nina Baym, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, Patricia B. Wallace, editors)

Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
WEB Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Amiri Baraka
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


1994 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Fourth Edition [22]
(Nina Baym, Wayne Franklin, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Arnold Krupat, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, Patricia B. Wallace, editors)

Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
WEB Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Amiri Baraka
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


1998 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition [26]
(Nina Baym, General Editor)
(Wayne Franklin, Ronald Gottesman, Laurence B. Holland, David Kalstone, Jerome Klinkowitz, Arnold Krupat, Francis Murphy, Hershel Parker, William H. Pritchard, Patricia B. Wallace, editors)


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglas
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
WEB Du Bois
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Ishmael Reed
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


2003 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Sixth Edition [29]
(Nina Baym, General Editor)

Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
Briton Hammom
Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Paule Marshall
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Ishmael Reed
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
Robert Hayden
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
Michael Harper
Rita Dove


2007 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Seventh Edition [39]
(Nina Baym, General Editor)

Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
David Walker
Sojourner Truth
Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
William Wells Brown
Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
Yusef Komunyakaa
Rita Dove


2012 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Eigth Edition [44]
(Nina Baym, General Editor) (Robert S. Levine, Associate General Editor)

Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
David Walker
Sojourner Truth
Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
William Wells Brown
Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
Julius Lester
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Martin Luther King
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Rita Dove
Jamaica Kincaid
Edwidge Danticat


2017 - The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Ninth Edition [46]
(Robert S. Levine, General Editor)
(Michael A. Elliott, Sandra A. Gustafson, Amy Hungerford, Mary Loeffelholz, editors)


Olaudah Equiano
Phyllis Wheatley
David Walker
Samuel Cornish
John Russwurm
Sojourner Truth
James Monroe Whitfield
Martin Delany
Harriet Jacobs
William Wells Brown
Frederick Douglass
Frances Harper
Booker T. Washington
Charles Chestnutt
Pauline Hopkins
Ida Wells Barnett
W.E.B. Du Bois
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jessie Fauset
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling Brown
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Robert Hayden
Ralph Ellison
Gwendolyn Brooks
Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Amiri Baraka
Lucille Clifton
Ishmael Reed
Michael Harper
Toni Cade Bambara
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Edward P. Jones
Rita Dove
Jamaica Kincaid
Edwidge Danticat
Tracy K. Smith


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